Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Peer review/USS Lenape (ID-2700)

USS Lenape (ID-2700)

I would like to see what areas need to be worked on to get this to A-class. Also, is there enough substance to think about FA-class? — Bellhalla (talk) 23:23, 15 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Kirill Lokshin

I think there's enough to make a reasonable attempt at FA status, although you'll likely face at least some complaints that it's too short. A few things to fix before then:

The lead should be at least two full paragraphs, even for an article of this size.
Is there a reason why the pre-Navy career elements are omitted from the infobox?

Keep up the good work! Kirill ^(prof) 01:55, 30 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I've since found sources that detail the ship's demise, and will add that information soon. That should fill out the article nicely. Responses, in order, to your other points:

I'll work on expanding the lead.
No reason for the pre-Navy elements not to be in the infobox (other than laziness, perhaps?)

Thanks for taking the time to review. — Bellhalla (talk) 13:23, 5 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Giggy

Here from the WP:VG project.

The infobox image caption... I see a weird character, which the wikitext says is . Not sure what it's meant to be?
- Appears a few more times in the article, actually.
The lead definitely would be criticised for length at GAN/FAC/whatever you go for. As Kirill says, it needs expansion.
"...and, on 28 May,..." - it'd make a bit more sense if you said what year this was.
"U.S. destroyers based at Queenstown, Ireland, and French destroyers joined to escort the convoy." - check commas here, the wrong meaning might be sent across (or maybe it's just me... that's likely).
Are all these redlinks notable?

An interesting read, thanks for your work. Hope this helps! giggy _(:O) 11:05, 5 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Responses, in order, to your points:

It is a unicode "thin space" character that keeps the non-wiki apostrophe/single quote from crashing into italicized text for a possessive form of the ship. It's not so important here because the ship ends with a lowercase letter, so I'll remove it. Is there any way you can take a screen cap and e-mail to me so I know what you're seeing? (My e-mail is in my profile.)

Just took a look now and it's not showing. My computer has been playing up today so I dunno... I'll take another look some time in the near future and get back to you if there are any more issues with it. giggy _(:O) 08:49, 6 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I definitely need to work on the lead.
I see your point. I'll work on a better wording.
I did up a quick article on armed yacht this morning, and the remaining redlinks are the steamship line and other Navy vessels. All would be considered notable and would be created (at least as stubs) before going forward with, say, an FA nom.

Thanks for taking the time to read and comment! — Bellhalla (talk) 13:23, 5 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]